Hey candidates, don't tell me you're going to cut taxes | Readers

Already candidates are lining up to run for office on state and national levels. The U.S. is running a national debt of $20 trillion. As a voter, I’m putting candidates on notice that I will not support any party or candidates whose plan for paying this off is cutting taxes. We cannot get out of debt by cutting income taxes. It just doesn’t work. I want a candidate who is grown up enough to tell the voters that this is a serious problem that needs to be fixed. I want a candidate who is brave enough and has the integrity to tell the truth to the American people. I don’t want the little tax cut they offer. I want the bills paid.

Tell any working man or woman who can’t pay their bills that the way out of debt is to cut their income and they will laugh in your face. If you can’t pay the bills working five days a week that some how magically you can pay them by working three days a week is just ridiculous and we all know that. Our roads are crumbling, bridges are falling apart, the electrical grid is obsolete and in some places the water is unsafe. We can not move forward dragging this albatross around our neck. We are falling behind the rest of the world in everything. So go ahead and tell me you’re going to cut taxes and you’ll be talking to my back as I walk away looking for an honest candidate.

William Perry

Rochester Hills

No thanks, Emmys

In the category: "Award Show Trump-a-thon," The Winner of the Emmy is ... "The Off Button" on my TV remote. Any recognition of excellence by the award recipients was completely diminished by the political rants against President Trump.

Dimitri Popov

Grand Blanc

Court got it right in farmers market spat

Regarding the farm that was banned from the East Lansing Farmers Market, a decision a judge said was illegal: If a business chooses not to serve a per-son, for whatever reason, it is their right. Put any spin on it you want -- it is still their right. To deny this business the selling of their produce at an East Lansing farmers market, based on a law in whose jurisdiction they do not reside, is ludicrous. Country Mill is selling produce -- not requesting to set up a marriage venue! But I suppose that the illusion of being "all inclusive" does not apply to someone who happens to disagree with your point of view. The courts got this one right!

Greg and Gail Wise

Fremont

Don't like dark money? Get out and vote

I am furious that our Michigan legislators would move even darker on campaign funding -- what with all their talk of transparency and all. To the American voter,however, I say -- NO excuses. Get out there and vote! Think your vote won't count? Well it certainly won't if it's never cast. Are you unhappy with the legislation being passed in Washington and Lansing? Sitting home won't change things. Now is not the time to give up; now is the time to be more active and concerned and involved than ever.